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==2020 presidential campaign==

==2020 presidential campaign==

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Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 Democratic hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007  but not as big as the 100,000 that attended Donald Trump's campaign announcement event.  Harris made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> The establishment pick, weeks after her announcement supposed "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Harris to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket (Caitlan Hurley-Burns of [[CBS News]]).<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>

Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 [[Democratic party]] hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007  but not as big as the 100,000 that attended Donald Trump's campaign announcement event.  Harris made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> The establishment pick, weeks after her announcement supposed "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Harris to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket (Caitlan Hurley-Burns of [[CBS News]]).<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>

Harris refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as having paid for and staged a [[hate crime]] hoax to spark racial animosity. Harris alleged MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref>

Harris refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as having paid for and staged a [[hate crime]] hoax to spark racial animosity. Harris alleged MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref>